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QUILTING FRAME FOR SEWING MACHINES. No. 327,118. Patented Sept. 29,1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

EILBEOK HUNTER TALIAFERRO, OF BIG SPRING, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO GEORGE "W. BARNETT, OF SAME PLACE.

QUILTING-FRAME FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,118, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed May 12, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EILBEOK H. TALIA- FERRO, of Big Spring, in thecounty of Montgomery and State of Virginia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames for SeWingMachines; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in quilting-frames, and isintended as an irnprovement on the Patent granted to me November 27,1883, and bearing No. 289,171;

and it consists in, first, the combination, with the sewing-machine, ofthe two parts of the track, which are attached to opposite sides of themachine, perforated clamps to which the inner ends of the two parts ofthe track are fastened, and which ends are vertically adjustable uponthe clamps, and the legs, which are provided with slots, by means ofwhich the outer ends of the tracks can be also adjusted vertically;second, the combi nation of the end pieces of the frame with longrollers, which may either be smooth or corrugated, and which slidefreely backand forth over the top of the track, all of which will bemore fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to make the quilting-frame verticallyadjustable, so as to adapt it to machines of different heights, and toprovide the frame with long rollers which are corrugated, so that theframe will run in straight lines, and can be adjusted freely back andforth across the track.

Figure l is a perspective of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the frame, showing the manner of adjusting itvertically. Fig. 3 is an enlarged View of one of the end pieces of theframe, provided with corrugated rollers.

A B represent the track upon which the carriage carrying the quilt ismoved back and forth over the sewing-machine at the will of theoperator. That part of the track which extends along beyond the outerend of the sewing-machine is madein one continuous piece; but thatportion, A, which is nearest to the operator, is made in two separateand distinct pieces, each one of which has its inner end connected toone of the sides of the sewing-machine G by means of the clamp D. Eachclamp has a perforated extension, to which, the inner end of the part Ais fastened, and by means of which the end of each part can bevertically adjusted, so as to raise or lower the quilt as may bedesired. The outer end of each part of the track is supported by meansof the slotted legs E, to which the ends of the track are fastened bymeans of set-screws or any other similar devices. The legs are madeslotted, as shown, so that the outer ends of the tracks can be raised orlowered, so as to be kept on a level at all times.

The frame upon which the quilt is stretched will be constructed in theusual manner, and each end piece, H, is provided with two long rollers,I, which rest directly upon the top of the track, and both roll freelythereon and slide back and forth thereon for the purpose of giving thequilt a lateral movement. These rollers, which are secured rigidly totheir axles, and which move endwise over the tops of the tracks, may bemade smooth or provided with a series of corrugations, whichcorrugations are made to exactly correspond at each end, so that whenthe frame is moved endwise it will travel in a straight line. Thecorrugations are only to be deep enough to catch the upper edges of thetracks, and will not be deep enough to prevent them from being pushedlaterally. These rollers will be made of any length desired, accordingto the amount of lateral play that it is intended that the frame shallhave.

Having thus described my invention, I clai1n- In a quilting-frame, thecombination of the two parts of the track, the clamps D,'provided with aseries of perforations, by means of which the inner ends of the trackare connected to the sewing-machine and adjusted vertically, and thelegs having slots in their upper ends, and suitable .devices foradjusting the outer ends of the track, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the quilting-frame with the two corrugated rollersI, which are 5 secured to each end, with the track upon whieh the framerests, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

EILBEOK HUNTER TALIAFERRO.

WVitnesses:

G. W. R. HESLEP, M. L. HESLEP.

